Monitoring atmospheric levels and deposition of dioxin-like pollutants in sub-alpine Northern Italy

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-202

  Castro Jimenez J ^a   Eisenreich, S J ^b   Mariani, G ^b   Skejo, H ^b   Umlauf, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air concentration; Deposition fluxes; DL PCBs; Environmental exposure; Lake Maggiore; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

AIR CONCENTRATIONS; DEPOSITION FLUXES; DL-PCBS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LAKE MAGGIORE; PCDD/FS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GASES; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; RAIN;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COLD CLIMATE; DRY DEPOSITION; GAS; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

ITALY; LAKE MAGGIORE;

EID: 84861646753     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.081     Document Type: Article

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